diff --git a/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint.go
index d15cf8625..418836b91 100644
--- a/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint.go
@@ -50,16 +50,19 @@ func (op *Operator) RaftGetConfiguration(args *structs.DCSpecificRequest, reply
 	reply.Index = future.Index()
 	for _, server := range future.Configuration().Servers {
 		node := "(unknown)"
+		raftProtocolVersion := "unknown"
 		if member, ok := serverMap[server.Address]; ok {
 			node = member.Name
+			raftProtocolVersion = member.Tags["raft_vsn"]
 		}
 
 		entry := &structs.RaftServer{
-			ID:      server.ID,
-			Node:    node,
-			Address: server.Address,
-			Leader:  server.Address == leader,
-			Voter:   server.Suffrage == raft.Voter,
+			ID:              server.ID,
+			Node:            node,
+			Address:         server.Address,
+			Leader:          server.Address == leader,
+			Voter:           server.Suffrage == raft.Voter,
+			ProtocolVersion: raftProtocolVersion,
 		}
 		reply.Servers = append(reply.Servers, entry)
 	}
diff --git a/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint_test.go
index e7ba78dbe..9bb84bc09 100644
--- a/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/operator_raft_endpoint_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package consul
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/testrpc"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/net-rpc-msgpackrpc"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/raft"
+	"github.com/pascaldekloe/goe/verify"
 )
 
 func TestOperator_RaftGetConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
@@ -44,18 +44,17 @@ func TestOperator_RaftGetConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := structs.RaftConfigurationResponse{
 		Servers: []*structs.RaftServer{
 			&structs.RaftServer{
-				ID:      me.ID,
-				Node:    s1.config.NodeName,
-				Address: me.Address,
-				Leader:  true,
-				Voter:   true,
+				ID:              me.ID,
+				Node:            s1.config.NodeName,
+				Address:         me.Address,
+				Leader:          true,
+				Voter:           true,
+				ProtocolVersion: "3",
 			},
 		},
 		Index: future.Index(),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(reply, expected) {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", reply)
-	}
+	verify.Values(t, "", reply, expected)
 }
 
 func TestOperator_RaftGetConfiguration_ACLDeny(t *testing.T) {
@@ -121,18 +120,17 @@ func TestOperator_RaftGetConfiguration_ACLDeny(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := structs.RaftConfigurationResponse{
 		Servers: []*structs.RaftServer{
 			&structs.RaftServer{
-				ID:      me.ID,
-				Node:    s1.config.NodeName,
-				Address: me.Address,
-				Leader:  true,
-				Voter:   true,
+				ID:              me.ID,
+				Node:            s1.config.NodeName,
+				Address:         me.Address,
+				Leader:          true,
+				Voter:           true,
+				ProtocolVersion: "3",
 			},
 		},
 		Index: future.Index(),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(reply, expected) {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", reply)
-	}
+	verify.Values(t, "", reply, expected)
 }
 
 func TestOperator_RaftRemovePeerByAddress(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/agent/structs/operator.go b/agent/structs/operator.go
index a3eadb060..5fb1c4da1 100644
--- a/agent/structs/operator.go
+++ b/agent/structs/operator.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ type RaftServer struct {
 	// Leader is true if this server is the current cluster leader.
 	Leader bool
 
+	// Protocol version is the raft protocol version used by the server
+	ProtocolVersion string
+
 	// Voter is true if this server has a vote in the cluster. This might
 	// be false if the server is staging and still coming online, or if
 	// it's a non-voting server, which will be added in a future release of
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ type RaftServer struct {
 	Voter bool
 }
 
-// RaftConfigrationResponse is returned when querying for the current Raft
+// RaftConfigurationResponse is returned when querying for the current Raft
 // configuration.
 type RaftConfigurationResponse struct {
 	// Servers has the list of servers in the Raft configuration.
diff --git a/api/operator_raft.go b/api/operator_raft.go
index 5f3c25b13..a9844df2d 100644
--- a/api/operator_raft.go
+++ b/api/operator_raft.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type RaftServer struct {
 	// Leader is true if this server is the current cluster leader.
 	Leader bool
 
+	// Protocol version is the raft protocol version used by the server
+	ProtocolVersion string
+
 	// Voter is true if this server has a vote in the cluster. This might
 	// be false if the server is staging and still coming online, or if
 	// it's a non-voting server, which will be added in a future release of
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ type RaftServer struct {
 	Voter bool
 }
 
-// RaftConfigration is returned when querying for the current Raft configuration.
+// RaftConfiguration is returned when querying for the current Raft configuration.
 type RaftConfiguration struct {
 	// Servers has the list of servers in the Raft configuration.
 	Servers []*RaftServer
diff --git a/command/operator_raft_list.go b/command/operator_raft_list.go
index 7459f54e6..737220bcb 100644
--- a/command/operator_raft_list.go
+++ b/command/operator_raft_list.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
 	"github.com/ryanuber/columnize"
 )
 
@@ -58,23 +57,6 @@ func (c *OperatorRaftListCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 }
 
 func raftListPeers(client *api.Client, stale bool) (string, error) {
-	raftProtocols := make(map[string]string)
-	members, err := client.Agent().Members(false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	for _, member := range members {
-		if serf.MemberStatus(member.Status) == serf.StatusLeft {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if member.Tags["role"] != "consul" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		raftProtocols[member.Name] = member.Tags["raft_vsn"]
-	}
 
 	q := &api.QueryOptions{
 		AllowStale: stale,
@@ -87,7 +69,8 @@ func raftListPeers(client *api.Client, stale bool) (string, error) {
 	// Format it as a nice table.
 	result := []string{"Node|ID|Address|State|Voter|RaftProtocol"}
 	for _, s := range reply.Servers {
-		raftProtocol := raftProtocols[s.Node]
+		raftProtocol := s.ProtocolVersion
+
 		if raftProtocol == "" {
 			raftProtocol = "<=1"
 		}